Today’s class was all kids. The boy on the right learned to ride within minutes.
Two participants came back for a second lesson and were pedaling fairly quickly. A little practice at home over the past week and they were set.
This Cub Scout troop was working on their Bicycling Badge. First step, learn to ride. One of them already knew how to ride but came to class to help the others.
Sunday. Lennore and I rode in from N Natomas to meet everyone else at Milka Coffee Roasters.
Ride leader and sweep, father and son, Jeremiah and Pierson.
This month’s ride was American River Bike Patrol-focused. Lots of red shirts.
Mid-point break.
Almost to the turn-around point near Sac State.
Right after this picture was taken, about 3/4 of the group rode off in their own directions.
On the way back, I rode beside Pierson and we had a great conversation. Except we, plus a few people behind us, were like a breakaway peloton-lol. We cruised back at 17 mph, chatting away. Meanwhile Jeremiah stayed with the those who rode slower. Great ride. For me, 38 miles total. After the ride, this picture was shared with me:
Saturday morning at REI.
Class #1. I have been working on starting a learn to ride a bike program for SABA for the past two months or so. A couple of stumbling blocks had to be dealt with, like .. location. Thank you REI on Expo Parkway for hosting us this morning. Today’s League Cycling Instructors, BarbaraL and Kathy:
Introductions:
Helmet fitting:
Some tips on bike fit:
Within about an hour and a half, we had bike riding success!
My SABA job title is now Program Manager – Learn 2 Ride. Preview: by next week, I will be Program Manager – Bike Education, with four projects to manage. A new chapter begins .. don’t worry, I am still very part-time employed.
Sunday morning, Kimberly, Lennore and I met Brenda and Galib at Peregrine Park and rode to Treehouse Cafe in W Sacramento.
Pierson did a great job of leading the ride.
There’s a new bridge over I-80 which connects to the Sycamore Trail. Amazing – there were 50+ people on this ride.
Up on the levee for the last part of the ride.
29 miles by the time I got home. The weather has been great for riding.
Laurie, Lori and I rode to La Costa Cafe this morning. A very cute coffee and breakfast place at 19th and G Streets.
Pierson led the ride north on the Sacramento Northern Bike Trail.
An informal last-minute get-together at a popular local establishment on Elvas Ave:
Outdoor beer garden with fire pits and heat lamps. You use your phone to order from a (QR code) menu at your table, various restaurants are available, you can pick and choose items from any of them. Fairly quickly, your food is delivered to you by a server, they know where you are sitting.
Dan, Deb, Sue, Jeremiah:
Fun evening.
SABA organized the second-annual Supermarket Sweep and Jibe joined in to support two teams of three bike-riders by donating $250. Lorge, Stacey, Brenda, Sheila, Lori and I met on the patio at Bella Bru at 10:15. We opened the envelope with instructions, planned our strategy, and left at 10:50.
The first four stores we shopped at were smaller mom-and-pop types – three Indian and one Carribbean Jamaican. Nice for our local merchants but expensive.
Sheila:
Our final stop was at a lower-priced large grocery in S Natomas.
I was happy to stay with the bikes while everyone else did the shopping. All our bikes were about to be loaded to the max with Lorge carrying the most – he bicycle tours and has large panniers on the rear and smaller panniers on the front plus his handlebar bag.
Then we rode about 12 miles to the meeting point at Two Rivers Cider Co.
We checked in and had our donation weighed: 101 pounds.
Time to use our drink tickets.
3:00 – the last team arrived.
Cheers!
3:30 – time for us to ride back to N Natomas. This event collected 700+ pounds to donate to River City Food Bank. The N Natomas team rode a total of 35 miles. A long fun day.
Jibe hosted an end-of-season get-together for everyone in the bike programs at Drake’s the Barn in W Sacramento. This included all the Bike Docs and LCIs who teach Project Ride Smart, the bike tech class at Inderkum HS, and various other bike education programs in N Natomas.
Deb presented Bill Leddy with his Good Wheel award.
Sue Teranishi invited me to this annual event which took place at Camp Pollock. ECOS = Environmental Council of Sacramento.
Four awards were given, but we were most excited about the Transportation Award which was given to Sacramento Area Bicycle Advocates. Sue, Deb, Jennifer Finton/Executive Director, Breathe California:
Deb Banks, Executive Director, SABA:
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